Word: convert
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Across the country, the closings will have both an economic and a psychological impact, especially in the short term as communities struggle to find ways to convert the properties to civilian use. Predictably, politicians from affected areas were quick to squawk. "It could bring economic devastation to the area," said Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, which is scheduled to lose its Charleston Naval Station. But Congress has cleverly set up a system that allows the Pentagon to push through its closures while insulating legislators from much of the responsibility or political fallout. In 1990 it established an eight-member...
...going to waste our time with trying to convert white people into loving us," says Ali. "We're here to be students just like everyone else. White students for the most part don't have to run around trying to convince Black people to love them...
...third, Dartmouth committed two more of its six penalties on the night. But Harvard couldn't convert the power plays, including two five-on-three player advantages. Dartmouth ended the game on a spectacular individual move by Kim Cohen, who maneuvered the puck past the stick side of a diving Villiotte...
Late in the game, however, Yale put an element of drama into the contest. With some tough inside play, the Bulldogs narrowed the gap to three with just fifty seconds left to play, but were unable to convert on two late three-point attempts...
...second period was a scoreless struggle in which Harvard held the edge on offense but could not convert...